media

NPR to Discontinue 'Talk of the Nation'

David Folkenflik, NPR — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 13:53:23 +0000

NPR announced Friday morning that it will no longer produce the Monday-to-Thursday call-in show Talk of the Nation.

It will be replaced by Here and Now, a show produced in partnership with member station WBUR in Boston.

Daily Texan to Stay Daily

KUT Staff — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 01:07:03 +0000

The Daily Texan is staying daily, at least for now.

The Texas Student Media board voted today to keep the print edition of the publication operating five-days-a-week, with a 50 percent pay cut to student media employees. The proposed budget also included tuition reimbursement cuts for student managers and the hiring of an additional ad salesman.

'Zombie Alert' Airs in Montana, Michigan; Hack Traced Overseas

Mark Memmott, NPR — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:53:39 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc60XPCXrh8

An Accused Killer Seeks an Audience With Everyone

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:13:50 +0000

From: Christopher Jordan Dorner
To: America

That's the header on a 14-page letter attributed to Christopher Dorner.

'God Made a Farmer' and the Super Bowl Made Him a Star

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:39:29 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sillEgUHGC4

Video: Alex Jones Screams a Bunch at CNN’s Piers Morgan

Wells Dunbar, KUT News — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:07:43 +0000

The reviews are in regarding Alex Jones’ appearance with CNN’s Piers Morgan last night:

“An uncontrolled explosion,” per the Washington Post. “An intense pro-gun rant,” says the Huffington Post. And … “Armed Mafia Stalk Alex Jones Post Piers Morgan Debate,” via Jones’ own Infowars.

The Austin-based conspiracy theorist, radio host and public access superstar appeared on Morgan’s show for what was billed as a discussion on “Guns in America.” Unsurprisingly, the discussion soon went south – not that surprising a move, when your guest has co-authored a White House petition to deport your host.

In Tribal Pakistan, Radio Spreads Word of Free Education

Tayyeb Afridi — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:55:00 +0000

Tayyeb Afridi is a journalist from the Federally Administered Tribal Area of Pakistan, a region that borders Afghanistan. He visited KUT in May 2011 on a US Pakistan Journalism Exchange through the International Center for Journalists. You can read his blog at tayyebafridi.blogspot.com.

A local radio station in Pakistan’s unsettled tribal area shows how important media can be in spreading awareness of the importance of education. About 180 new students turned up at one government school in the town of Razmak in North Waziristan after the local radio station broadcast announcements telling parents that education in government schools was free. Most local parents thought they would have to pay for schooling.

Razmak Radio was established in 2006 to bridge the gap between people and their government. It has started a public service announcement (PSA) campaign to educate people on development issues. It designed PSAs in March and broadcast them throughout the month to motivate local people to enroll their children in school.

'Newsweek' Kills Its Print Edition

Mark Memmott, NPR — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:48:28 +0000

Saying that "we have reached a tipping point at which we can most efficiently and effectively reach our readers in all-digital format," editor Tina Brown announced this morning that Newsweek's Dec.

Trailblazing Broadcaster Ann Arnold Passes Away

Laura Rice, KUT News — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:16:12 +0000

Texas Association of Broadcasters President Ann Arnold passed away over the weekend following a fight with leukemia. Colleagues refer to Arnold as a groundbreaking journalist and tenacious leader.

The 67-year-old journalist served as TAB president for 25 years. Arnold also served as the first female press secretary to a Texas Governor – Gov. Mark White in the 1980s. And that’s in addition to stints heading the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's capitol bureau, and serving as a capitol correspondent for United Press International.

"She was an extraordinary woman brimming with passion for the broadcast industry and American democracy. Her advocacy in Austin and Washington made a profound difference for broadcasters and we are all better for it," TAB Vice President Oscar Rodriguez says in a statement about Arnold’s death.

They Got it Wrong - CNN, Fox Mistakenly Report Health Care Law Overturned

Korva Coleman, NPR — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:33:29 +0000

MarketWatch calls this CNN and Fox's 'Dewey Defeats Truman' moment.

AM Update: Student Occupiers Arrested at UT, Honoring Walter Cronkite, Discussing Wildfire Response

Divya Darsi and Laura Rice, KUT News — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:04:25 +0000

UT Students Protest for Workers Rights

The Daily Texan reports a total of 19 protesters, not all of them students, were arrested yesterday for occupying UT President Bill Powers’ office. They were there in protest against alleged sweatshop-like conditions where UT apparel is produced.

The protesters are members of the Make UT Sweatshop-Free Coalition and included 17 students and two members who are not students.

According to the Texan, the demands of the protestors was a request for the University to switch to the Workers Rights Consortium, an independent monitoring organization that conducts investigations of working conditions in factories. A statement on the WRC homepage specifically mentions their goal to protect the rights of workers who make clothes.

Watch Austin Mayoral Candidates Debate Live

Wells Dunbar, KUT News — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:00:41 +0000

Most times candidates take to the airwaves, they have to pay for the privilege. Not so today, as broadcaster KXAN is televising a forum this afternoon with Austin's mayoral candidates.

KXAN shares the details:

Incumbent Lee Leffingwell will be up against challengers Brigid Shea and Clay Dafoe at the event in the Bass Lecture Hall of the LBJ School of Public Affairs.

Student Seeks to Reinstate Artist Behind Controversial Trayvon Martin Cartoon

Wells Dunbar, KUT News — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:09:04 +0000

The fallout from The Daily Texan’s publication of a controversial editorial cartoon is carrying on, this time in a different direction.

A UT student has launched an online petition to reinstate Stephanie Eisner, the Texan editorial cartoonist whose cartoon, she said, attacked what she saw as biased coverage of the Trayvon Martin shooting.

A 17-year old African-American, Martin was shot by George Zimmerman in a gated Florida community last month. Zimmerman claimed the shooting was in self-defense; Martin was unarmed. A wave of demonstrations, with protesters clad in hooded sweatshirts like Martin wore, have occurred across the county, including Austin.

AM Update: 'Texan' Apologizes For Trayvon Martin Cartoon, See Michael Morton, Artz Rib House Closes

Divya Darsi — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:32:16 +0000

Texan Issues Formal Apology for Trayvon Martin Cartoon

The editors from The Daily Texan issued an apology regarding the controversial Trayvon Martin cartoon the paper published on Tuesday.

The cartoonist, Stephanie Eisner, no longer works for the paper.

In their apology, the student editors admit to showing “a failure in judgment.” Yesterday the editors of the Texan met with angry students and protestors to discuss the paper’s decision to publish the cartoon and the editorial team’s oversight in recognizing the sensitive nature of the cartoon.

'Daily Texan' Protest over Trayvon Martin Cartoon

Wells Dunbar, KUT News — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:49:17 +0000

Students and activists assembled outside the offices of The Daily Texan this afternoon, demanding answers about the controversial Trayvon Martin editorial cartoon the student newspaper ran Tuesday. What editorial process vetted the cartoon? Will the firestorm result in any changes at the Texan? And is the cartoon’s publication symptomatic of a broader problem on campus?

About 40 people engaged in a tense discussion with members of the Texan’s editorial staff. Staff members apologized for running the cartoon, promising a formal apology to supplement a terse statement the paper released yesterday and another the cartoonist sent today.

Discussion dwelt on the editorial process that oversaw the comic’s publication. Viviana Aldous, Texan Editor in Chief, said at least five editors at the paper vetted the cartoon before publication – the five members of the editorial team, plus copy editors.